[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 29 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H2024-H2025]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE REAL NATIONAL EMERGENCY

  (Mr. GALLEGO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, let's be clear. Donald Trump's Presidency 
is the real national emergency.
  President Trump fired the FBI director to protect his national 
security adviser. He tried to rip healthcare from millions of Americans 
and destroy protections for people with preexisting

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conditions. He orchestrated the largest transfer of wealth from middle 
class families to rich families.
  And Trump has done nothing in the face of epidemic levels of gun 
violence and devastating impacts of climate change.
  Why is Trump lying about a national emergency at the border? He is 
doing it to distract the American people from the fact that he has no 
plan to improve healthcare, improve our schools, or do one damn thing 
for working people in this country.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Sherrill). Members are reminded to 
refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President.

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